Harlequin Medical Romance March 2019, Box Set 2 of 2 by Emily Forbes

Author:Emily Forbes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

WITH THE MAN GONE, Malik examined the little girl, gently pressing on her knees and ankles, searching for signs of swelling.

He was reaching for the chart when Lauren said quietly, ‘I’ve sent a swab from her throat to the lab and asked for it to be put through as soon as possible, and I’ve booked her for Radiology tomorrow.’

She grinned at him.

‘So it’s a good thing you’re here so you can explain those things to the father when he comes back and he doesn’t think we’re kidnapping her when we take her across to the old hospital. I’ve asked for chest X-rays to check her heart and lungs, and an ECG in case it’s already affecting her heart.’

‘You don’t need me, then,’ Malik teased, because he wanted to see her smile again.

‘Oh, we definitely need you when it comes to explanations. I’ve come across men at home who’d prefer a man told them what was happening with their child because there are still men who think another man will know better, but this man? I couldn’t tell him the sun would rise in the morning, because even if I spoke the language he wouldn’t believe me.’

Malik reached out and touched her shoulder, wishing he could hold her, willing himself not to.

‘That man and all the men that came before him had to be head of the family. Our people have always been aware of danger. And when there’s danger, there must be a leader—one person who tells the others what to do so you don’t get panic and mayhem. It is how they have always lived. How we have always lived.’

‘And because there’s been no one ruler since your father died, what you have now is panic and mayhem?’ Lauren said.

‘Total chaos,’ he answered, and thought maybe he could take her in his arms, hold her for just an instant, but before he could move the door opened and the man returned, accompanied by an older woman.

The child’s grandmother?

Malik explained about the tests they would do in the morning, about having to take the little girl through the corridor between the hospitals, and, yes, he could go with her.

‘Are you off duty?’ he asked Lauren, thinking even if she wasn’t he’d find someone to replace her. He couldn’t just walk away from her now he’d seen her.

‘An hour ago,’ she told him with a smile, and he touched her hand, just fleetingly, as they walked together to the desk for her to sign out.

‘Then we shall go and eat,’ he announced. ‘We will go to the market—which, yes, I did close, but it has since reopened—and we will eat as our nomad friend will have eaten tonight. You and Nimr, because my mother fancied food of other countries and her kitchen staff reflect that in what they serve, haven’t tasted many of our dishes.’

‘You’d be better off grabbing a sandwich—which your mother’s staff do very well—and getting some sleep,’ she said, concern for him evident in her eyes.

‘I will sleep when we have eaten,’ he promised.

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